Our curator, Barbara Rimkunas, and our able volunteers are eager to assist you in your Exeter research. Our library is open Tuesday and Thursday from 2 – 4:30pm and on Saturday from 9:30am to noon.

Research Library:& Archives

The Historical Society has an extensive library and archives documenting Exeter’s past, including:

Transcript of the First Records of the Town of Exeter, 1638 - 1730

Maps of Exeter, earliest reliable map is dated 1802

Vital Records and Town Reports of Town of Exeter, 1880's - present

Directories for the Town of Exeter, 1872 - 1970

Exeter News-Letter, bound volumns, most years 1831 - present

History of Exeter, New Hampshire, by Charles Bell, published 1888, includes genealogical information. Click here to read it in Google Books.

Exeter, New Hampshire 1888 - 1988, by Nancy Merrill, published 1988

We have genealogical materials on many Exeter families, please call or e-mail for specific queries

Cemetery Records

Birth, Marriage, and Death records can be obtained through the Exeter Town Clerk's office 603-778-0591

Genealogy:

Though the Historical Society is not a genealogical society, we strive to assist you in your genealogical research through our Exeter directories, maps, histories, genealogies, newspapers, cemetery records, school documentation and family files.